Protein Toxins in Modeling Biochemistry

• Main Authors: Kumar, Raj (Author), Singh, Bal Ram (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Proteomics.; Proteins.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Protein Structure.; Protein-Ligand Interactions.; Applied Microbiology.

This succinct volume addresses the production of inactive, potentially toxic proteins in the absence of correct protein folding and the resultant neurodegenerative diseases. Other topics include intrinsic disorder in protein structure and function and the effects of molten globules on protein toxici...

Table of Contents:

• Protein folding
• Molten Globule
• Uniqueness of toxin structure and function
• Molten globule conformational implication on toxicity.